Editing Timex Social Club (section)

==History==
Originally known as the Timex Crew, members included Marcus Thompson (founder), Gregory "Greg B" Thomas, [[Michael Marshall (singer)|Michael Marshall]], Craig Samuel, and Darrien Cleage. By 1986, Samuel, Cleage, and Thomas had departed, Alex Hill and Kevin Moore were added, and the name Timex Social Club was adopted<ref name="AM1">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/timex-social-club-mn0000506362|title=Timex Social Club - Artist Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|first=Ron|last=Wynn|accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref> (despite the group's name, [[Timex Group USA]] bears no sponsorship of the group). They fused [[funk]] and urban [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]. 

In 1986, the group released the ''[[Vicious Rumors (Timex Social Club album)|Vicious Rumors]]'' album produced by Jay King on Danya/[[Fantasy Records]] ([[A&M Records|A&M]] in Canada; [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] in Europe; [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|CBS/Sony]] in Japan). Its one major [[hit record|hit]], "[[Rumors (Timex Social Club song)|Rumors]]", written by Thompson, Hill, and Marshall, peaked at number 8 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], number 13 in the UK,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=560}}</ref> and number 1 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]], [[Hot Dance Club Play]], and [[Dance Singles Sales|Hot Dance/Disco-12&nbsp;inch Singles-Sales]] charts. The two follow-up singles, "[[Thinkin' About Ya]]" and "Mixed-Up World", reached the R&B top 20.<ref name="VF">{{cite web|title=Timex Social Club Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|url=https://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Timex+Social+Club|website=Music VF|access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> Also in 1986 Ocea Savage was added on keyboards and background vocals.

===Tour===
The success of the single "Rumors" prompted hip hop impresario [[Russell Simmons]] to hire the group as the opening act for 38 dates on [[Run DMC]]'s [[Raising Hell (album)|Raising Hell]] tour in 1986.<ref name="Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited">{{cite book|first=Randolph|last=Michaels|year=2005|title=Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited|location=US|isbn=978-0-595-37007-8|pages=196, 198}}</ref> Other acts on the tour were [[Beastie Boys]], [[LL Cool J]], and [[Whodini]]. Besides solo dates, the group also opened for [[New Edition]], [[Midnight Star (band)|Midnight Star]], [[the S.O.S. Band]], [[Kool & the Gang]], and [[Jermaine Jackson]].<ref name="How Do Rumors Get Started: The True Story of Timex Social Club">{{cite book|first=Marcus|last=Thompson|year=2011|title=How Do Rumors Get Started: The True Story of Timex Social Club|location=US|isbn=978-1-257-28542-6|pages=6, 173}}</ref>

===Split===
Timex Social Club disbanded shortly after the success of "Rumors". The band's producer Jay King, [[Denzil Foster]], and [[Thomas McElroy]] formed [[Club Nouveau]], whose first single was "Jealousy", an [[answer song]] to "Rumors" that references Timex Social Club's split. Club Nouveau subsequently had a No. 1 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hit in 1987 with a go-go cover of [[Bill Withers]]'s "[[Lean on Me (song)|Lean on Me]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/club-nouveau-mn0000152228|title=Club Nouveau - Artist Biography|publisher=AllMusic|first=Ron|last=Wynn|accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref>

===Revival===
As of 2011, the current Timex Social Club roster consisted of founding member Marcus Thompson as DJ and [[Samuelle|Samuelle Prater]] on vocals.